Top 40 discs you want to make your collection complete. (1 Viewer)

[StephenA]

In no particular order for me:

1. Alien SE

2. Aliens SE

3. Abyss SE

4. Gone With the Wind

5. Godfather set

6. American Beauty

7. Monty Python and the Holy Grail

8. Texas Chainsaw Massacre 1 and 2

9. Spartacus Criterion edition

10. From Dusk Till Dawn SE

11. Antz

12. Dumbo

13. Pinocchio

14. Clean and Sober

15. Seven Samurai

16. Day of the Dead

17. Zombie

18. Night of the Living Dead Elite edition

19. Last Temptation of Christ

20. Running Man

21. Tron 20th Anniversary edition

22. Halloween extended version, plus 2, 4, and 5

23. Metropolis(anime)

24. Casino

25. Goodfellas

26. Austin Powers 1 and 2

27. Lethal Weapon 1-4

28. Die Hard 2 and 3 SEs

29. Cadence

30. Drunken Master and Legend of Drunken Master

31. Easy Rider

32. Yellow Submarine

33. Malcolm X

34. Outbreak

35. Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas

36. Armegeddon Criterion edition

37. The Rock Criterion edition

38. Full Metal Jacket

39. A Few Good Men

40. Moody Blues: Legend of a Band

I have some others high up on my list like Killer Klowns From Outer Space, Magnificient Seven, Woodstock, Dracula, Nosforatu, Fantasia set, Rebel Without a Cause, Shining, Pink Floyd's The Wall, Monty Python's Meaning of Life, Monty Python and the Life of Brian, Spaceballs, Toy Story box set, The Birds, True Lies, American History X, and Apocolypse Now, but they aren't on my top 40.

 

[Veli-Matti Reitti]

28. Die Hard 2 and 3 SEs

What is wrong with the first one?

 

[Eric Paddon]

I think the premise is based on not listing titles one already has, right?

 

[Veli-Matti Reitti]

Yes i believe your correct. Sometimes it would be usefull to read the topic.:b

 

[Duane Robinson]

My collection will never be complete until I own every movie ever made, and yes that includes midget porn. Muahahahaaa

 

[Kevin McCorry]

Looney Tunes Vol. 1 (1948)

Looney Tunes Vol. 2 (1949)

Looney Tunes Vol. 3 (1950)

Looney Tunes Vol. 4 (1951)

Looney Tunes Vol. 5 (1952)

Looney Tunes Vol. 6 (1953)

Looney Tunes Vol. 7 (1954)

Looney Tunes Vol. 8 (1955)

Looney Tunes Vol. 9 (1956)

Looney Tunes Vol. 10 (1957)

Looney Tunes Vol. 11 (1958)

Looney Tunes Vol. 12 (1959)

Looney Tunes Vol. 13 (1960)

Looney Tunes Vol. 14 (1961)

Looney Tunes Vol. 15 (1962)

Looney Tunes Vol. 16 (1963)

Looney Tunes Vol. 17 (1964)

Looney Tunes Vol. 18 (The DePatie-Freleng Years)

Star Wars

Empire Strikes Back

Return of the Jedi

Complete Inspector Clouseau Cartoon Collection

Best of the Pink Panther Cartoons

Nineteen-Eighty-Four

Soylent Green

The Omega Man

Treasure Island (1989)

Firefox

Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde (1931/1941 Double-Feature)

Mutiny On the Bounty (1962)

King of Kings (1961)

Peanuts Specials Collection

The Shape of Things to Come (1979)

Journey to the Centre of the Earth (1959)

The Projected Man

Scott of the Antarctic

The Martian Chronicles (complete miniseries)

Return of the Six Million Dollar Man and the Bionic Woman

Spiderman (1960s Season 1)

Spiderman (1960s Season 2)

Spiderman (1960s Season 3)

 

[Jeremiah]

No real order except #1.

1. Seinfeld complete series.

2. Friends complete series.

3. Raiders Of The Lost Ark

4. The Last Crusade

5. Temple Of Doom

6. Star Wars

7. The Empire Strikes Back

8. Return Of The Jedi

9. The Color Of Money

10. Goodfellas SE(not bare bones flipper crap)

11. The Cosby Show complete series

12. Alien SE

13. Raging Bull

14. The Rock

15. Batman Returns

16. Dead Calm

17. The Hustler

18. Back 2 The Future

19. B2TF II

20. B2TF III

21. Sopranos season 3(should be higher)

22. A Few Good Men

23. One Flew Over The Cookoos Nest

24. Spy Game

25. Bandits

 

[Deepak Shenoy]

1) Barton Fink

2) Blue (Three Colors)

3) Dial M For Murder

4) Don't Look Now

5) Double Life of Veronique

6) Exterminating Angel (Bunuel)

7) Glengarry Glen Ross

8) La Dolce Vita

9) La Strada

10) Laura

11) Miller's Crossing

12) Out of the Past

13) Persona

14) Red (Three Colors)

15) Roman Holiday

16) Serpico

17) Short Cuts

18) Silence, The (Bergman)

19) Sunset Boulevard

20) Through a Glass Darkly (Bergman)

21) To Catch a Thief

22) Treasure of the Sierra Madre

23) White (Three Colors)

24) White Heat

25) Winter Light (Bergman)

 

[Artur Meinild]

BTTF trilogy
Indy trilogy
Aladdin: PE
Lion King: PE
Little Mermaid: PE
Beauty and the Beast: PE
Return of the Living Dead trilogy (uncut)
Lord of the Rings trilogy
Bladerunner SE
Legend SE
Kiki's Delivery Service
Metropolis (2001)
Spiderman
X-men
Maybe I forgot some...
EDIT: Yeah, I forgot Starwars... definitely worth owning...

 

[Garrett Lundy]

My collection will never be complete until I own every movie ever made, and yes that includes midget porn. Muahahahaaa

They're known as "Little People". But anyway

1.Star Wars : episode 2

2. " " " 3

3. " " " 4

4. " " " 5

5. " " " 6

6. Shogun, the miniseries

7. Nekromantik 2 SE

8. Die Todesking SE

9. Pulp Fiction SE

10. Starship Troopers SE

11. The Howling SE

12. 1984

The final 28 titles will be used to buy Criterion Titles I don't own yet.

 

[Shane Gralaw]

Good thing it isn't the Total Movie 40 free DVDs or my collection would NEVER be complete.

 

[Brian Bernardin]

Don't know if I could list 40, but:

All the King Crimson videos that aren't "deja VROOOM"

Todd Rundgren's "Live In Japan" and "Live In Cyberia"

Live Aid

Knebworth '90

The Return Of Spinal Tap (without concert performances overlapping with interview material)

 

[JonZ]

Schindlers List

Star Wars Trilogy(Original Theatrical Versions)

Giant Robo Series

Star Trek DS9 Volumes(The first 5 Season anyway)

Unreleased Coen Brothers titles

Ran (A nice remastered version)

Blade Runner Dir Cut(Remaster,without another recut or enhancement)

Goodfellas (Remaster)

One Flew Over The Cuckos Nest (Remaster)

Amadeus (Remaster)

The Fog

Millennium Season 1 & 2 Box Sets

Shaw Brother Kung Fu flicks (Remasters - supposedly in the works as we speak)

Actually its getting harder for me to find catalog titles I really want. My list right now is probally less than 15 titles(that are available or upcoming at least).

 

[soop.spoon]

Shock Waves

Targets

Captain Nemo and the Underwater City

Thief Of Bahgdad

Mysterious Island

Naked Prey

Jerry Lewis films

 

[Jim_K]

If its out on DVD and I wanted it I already own it so my picks are all unreleased.
These would not complete my collection but they would close the gap nicely.
King Kong - Warner
Adventures of Robin Hood - Warner
Horror of Dracula - Warner
Curse of Frankenstein - Warner
Thing From Another World - Warner
Naked Spur - Warner
Where Eagles Dare - Warner
Once Upon A Time In America - Warner
Point Blank - Warner
Bad Day At Black Rock - Warner
Beast From 20,000 Fathoms - Warner
Dial M For Murder - Warner
Pat Garrett and Billy The Kid - Warner
House of Wax - Warner
Haunting - Warner
THEM - Warner - coming soon
Clash of the Titans - Warner - ditto
She Wore a Yellow Ribbon - Warner - ditto again
Island of Lost Souls - Universal
Black Cat - Universal
Brides of Dracula - Universal
Curse of the Werewolf - Universal
Winchester '73 - Universal
Far Country - Universal
Bend of the River - Universal
Lonely are the Brave - Universal
A Matter of Life and Death - Universal/Criterion
Mark of Zorro - Fox
Day the Earth Stood Still - Fox
My Darline Clementine - Fox
Man of the West - MGM
Ride the High Country - MGM
Zulu - MGM
Once Upon a Time in America - Paramount
Duck You Sucker - Paramount?
Mysterious Island - Columbia
Tall T - Columbia
Jubal - Columbia
Earth vs the Flying Saucers/It Came From Beneath the Sea - Columbia
Gojira/Original Japanese language version - Columbia/Toho
Mosura/Original Japanese language version - Columbia/Toho
Revenge of Frankenstein - Columbia - Coming soon
20 Million Mile to Earth - Columbia - ditto
Lavender Hill Mob - Anchor Bay?
Ladykillers - Anchor Bay?
Ran - Winstar? :frowning:
Throne of Blood - Criterion
Cowboy Bebop Knockin on Heavens Door - ?

 

[Eric_R_C]

In no particular order, but grouped as
**Current DVD's**
Superman Set
Jurrasic Park set
Dirty Harry Set
A Few Good Men SE
Berlin (3-disc set)
Legend SE
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Armegeddon Criterion edition
The Rock Criterion edition
Fantasia set
The Shining
Pink Floyd's The Wall
Red Dragon (2-disc)
Watcher in the Woods
JKF SE
Joe's Apartment
Time Rider
Die Hard SE Trilogy
Godfather SE Trilogy
Johnny Mnemonic Superbit (The original didn't have any extras either, so why not)
Memento LE
Andromeda Strain (though I heard there might be an SE)
Near Dark
Re-Animator
Blazing Saddles (heard an SE is coming)
Prophecy
The Prophecy
Big Trouble in Little China
**Soon to be released**
Real Genius
The Fog
To Live and Die in L.A.
Pulp Fiction SE
Starship Troopers SE
BTTF trilogy
Indy trilogy (it's been discussed, and it's a better bet than Star Wars OT)
X-men SE
Glengarry Glen Ross
Top Secret!
ET: SE
Blade Runner SE
**Wishlist**
Star Wars Trilogy (Original Theatrical Versions - I am interested in THX laserdiscs)
Firefox
Jungle Book SE (It was on an old list of possible releases)
Howar the Duck
5th Element Superbit SE (come on - I know R2 got some great "making of" stuff"
Remo Williams
Check back for updates

 

[Brook K]

Get yourself a Malata Deepak. I just spent the past week watching great looking DVD's of Through A Glass Darkly, Winter Light, & The Silence.

 

[Bill J]

Apocalypse Now Special Edition and Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse